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Mon tour de siècle en solitaire
Témoin passionné, acteur et conscience critique du XXème siècle, il en dessine la trajectoire à travers une expérience vécue.
Il évoque au fil des pages ceux qui ont façonné leur époque et qu'il a personnellement rencontrés: de Staline à Nasser, de De Gaulle à Fidel Castro, de Bachelard à Jean-Paul Sartre, de Pablo Néruda à Picasso, des "prêtres ouvriers" à Dom Helder Camara, et aux "théologiens de la libération".
Son livre se termine par un projet d'avenir fruit de ses expériences.
L'Histoire jugera si sa version de la politique, de la religion et des arts, fut fondante ou nocive, et si sa prospective fut erronée ou prophétique...
Il évoque au fil des pages ceux qui ont façonné leur époque et qu'il a personnellement rencontrés: de Staline à Nasser, de De Gaulle à Fidel Castro, de Bachelard à Jean-Paul Sartre, de Pablo Néruda à Picasso, des "prêtres ouvriers" à Dom Helder Camara, et aux "théologiens de la libération".
Son livre se termine par un projet d'avenir fruit de ses expériences.
L'Histoire jugera si sa version de la politique, de la religion et des arts, fut fondante ou nocive, et si sa prospective fut erronée ou prophétique...
510 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
About the author
Roger Garaudy
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French philosopher and former elected official in the National Assembly for the French Communist Party.
Garaudy is controversial for his anti-zionist views. He converted to Islam in 1982.
Born to Catholic and Jewish atheist parents in Marseille, Garaudy converted at age 14 and became a Protestant. During World War II, Garaudy joined the French Resistance, for which he was imprisoned in Djelfa, Algeria, as a prisoner of war of Vichy France. Following the war, Garaudy joined the French Communist Party. As a political candidate he succeeded in being elected to the National Assembly and eventually rose to the position of deputy speaker, and later senator.
Garaudy lectured in the faculty of arts department of the University Clermont-Ferrand from 1962-1965. Due to controversies between Garaudy and Michel Foucault, Garaudy left. He later taught in Poitiers from 1969-1972.
Garaudy remained a Christian and eventually re-converted to Catholicism during his political career. He was befriended by one of France's most prominent clerics of the time, the Abbé Pierre, who in later years supported Garaudy, even regarding the latter's most controversial views.
In 1970, Garaudy was expelled from the Communist Party following his outspoken criticism of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Garaudy converted to Islam in 1982 after marrying a Palestinian woman, later writing that "The Christ of Paul is not the Jesus of the Bible," and also forming other critical scholarly conclusions regarding the Old and New Testaments. As a Muslim he adopted the name "Ragaa" and became a prominent Islamic commentator and supporter of the Palestinian cause. He was married to Salma Taji Farouki.
Garaudy wrote more than 50 books, mainly on political philosophy and Marxism.
French philosopher and former elected official in the National Assembly for the French Communist Party.
Garaudy is controversial for his anti-zionist views. He converted to Islam in 1982.
Born to Catholic and Jewish atheist parents in Marseille, Garaudy converted at age 14 and became a Protestant. During World War II, Garaudy joined the French Resistance, for which he was imprisoned in Djelfa, Algeria, as a prisoner of war of Vichy France. Following the war, Garaudy joined the French Communist Party. As a political candidate he succeeded in being elected to the National Assembly and eventually rose to the position of deputy speaker, and later senator.
Garaudy lectured in the faculty of arts department of the University Clermont-Ferrand from 1962-1965. Due to controversies between Garaudy and Michel Foucault, Garaudy left. He later taught in Poitiers from 1969-1972.
Garaudy remained a Christian and eventually re-converted to Catholicism during his political career. He was befriended by one of France's most prominent clerics of the time, the Abbé Pierre, who in later years supported Garaudy, even regarding the latter's most controversial views.
In 1970, Garaudy was expelled from the Communist Party following his outspoken criticism of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Garaudy converted to Islam in 1982 after marrying a Palestinian woman, later writing that "The Christ of Paul is not the Jesus of the Bible," and also forming other critical scholarly conclusions regarding the Old and New Testaments. As a Muslim he adopted the name "Ragaa" and became a prominent Islamic commentator and supporter of the Palestinian cause. He was married to Salma Taji Farouki.
Garaudy wrote more than 50 books, mainly on political philosophy and Marxism.
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October 20, 2011
Une autobiographie très inspirée, que nous délivre Garaudy dans son "tour de siècle",où défilent des personnalités de tout calibre, connues et moins connues. On rencontre aussi, à travers ce livre, les grands moments du XXième siècle, racontés et interprétés par le philosophe.(guerre mondiale, guerre froide, guerre du golf, l'invasion de la Tchécoslovaquie...).
Garaudy, chrétien, marxiste puis musulman, certaines "pensée unique" -dit-il- voient en lui un homme "variable". Pour sa part, il considère ses «ruptures» comme «les étapes d'un déconditionnement»: en ce sens, sa vie est «une longue marche du multiple à l'un, du partiel à l'universel».
A la fin du livre, Garaudy invite "les théologiens de la libération" à un éveil collectif, pour une "résurrection" de la vie, pour une éventuelle contribution dans la création de "mutants", en la fin du XXième siècle, capables de sauver l'Histoire humaine, d'abandonner le non-sens et de participer, avec beaucoup d'amour, dans le projet divin. De construire le "Royaume de Dieu".
Mon avis:
Excellent parcours, excellente personnalité, je vous conseille vivement ce livre, qui serait une bonne introduction (résumé) de la philosophie de la vie de Garaudy.
Garaudy, chrétien, marxiste puis musulman, certaines "pensée unique" -dit-il- voient en lui un homme "variable". Pour sa part, il considère ses «ruptures» comme «les étapes d'un déconditionnement»: en ce sens, sa vie est «une longue marche du multiple à l'un, du partiel à l'universel».
A la fin du livre, Garaudy invite "les théologiens de la libération" à un éveil collectif, pour une "résurrection" de la vie, pour une éventuelle contribution dans la création de "mutants", en la fin du XXième siècle, capables de sauver l'Histoire humaine, d'abandonner le non-sens et de participer, avec beaucoup d'amour, dans le projet divin. De construire le "Royaume de Dieu".
Mon avis:
Excellent parcours, excellente personnalité, je vous conseille vivement ce livre, qui serait une bonne introduction (résumé) de la philosophie de la vie de Garaudy.
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